Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Vatican
Vatican: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex was 0.0775 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Vatican, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Vatican recorded 0.0775 for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Vatican peaked at 0.1728 in 1951 and was at its lowest, 0.0763, in 2019.
That places Vatican 197th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Vatican, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.1678 | — |
| 1951 | 0.1728 | +3.0% |
| 1952 | 0.1683 | -2.6% |
| 1953 | 0.1627 | -3.3% |
| 1954 | 0.1499 | -7.9% |
| 1955 | 0.1464 | -2.4% |
| 1956 | 0.1501 | +2.5% |
| 1957 | 0.1469 | -2.1% |
| 1958 | 0.1372 | -6.6% |
| 1959 | 0.1331 | -3.0% |
| 1960 | 0.1325 | -0.5% |
| 1961 | 0.1267 | -4.4% |
| 1962 | 0.131 | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 0.1296 | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 0.1225 | -5.5% |
| 1965 | 0.1231 | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.1188 | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 0.1188 | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.1194 | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 0.1187 | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 0.1148 | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 0.1129 | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.1113 | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.1117 | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1078 | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 0.1076 | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.1059 | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.1039 | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.1019 | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1007 | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.1002 | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0996 | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0981 | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0986 | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0973 | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0961 | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 0.0952 | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0938 | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0934 | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.092 | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0917 | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0915 | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0903 | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0914 | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0894 | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0889 | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0871 | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0885 | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0877 | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.087 | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0862 | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0845 | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0843 | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0848 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0839 | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0828 | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0812 | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0813 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0811 | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0817 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.081 | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0808 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0801 | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0786 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0784 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0791 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0781 | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0785 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0771 | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0763 | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0774 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0777 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0768 | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0775 | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.1535 | 0.1331 | 0.1728 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1241 | 0.1187 | 0.1325 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1079 | 0.1007 | 0.1148 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0964 | 0.092 | 0.1002 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0894 | 0.087 | 0.0917 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0832 | 0.0811 | 0.0862 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0788 | 0.0763 | 0.081 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0774 | 0.0768 | 0.0777 | 4 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Vatican
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1 live births per woman (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0775 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0841 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Vatican?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Vatican was 0.0775 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Vatican?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1728 in 1951.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Vatican?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0763 in 2019.
- How does Vatican rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Vatican ranks 197th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex rising or falling in Vatican?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vatican data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.